Nelson Piquet NNS Preview: Atlanta Motor Speedway

Georgia On My Mind…The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its first and only trip of the 2013 season to Hampton, Ga. and Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) Saturday night for the Great Clips/Grit Chips 300. Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his first NNS start at AMS this weekend, but is no stranger to the 1.54-mile oval. Piquet Jr. has two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at AMS with one top-10 finish. 

 

This Week’s Camaro…The No. 30 WORX team will have chassis TSM-405 for Saturday night’s race at AMS. TSM-405 is a brand new chassis for the No. 30 Turner Scott Motorsports team.

 

Bristol Recap…The NNS made its second and final stop of the 2013 season last weekend at the famed 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 250. Working with new crew chief Pat Tryson for the first time, Nelson Piquet Jr. and his WORX Yard Tools team looked to get familiar with one another during the 250 lap race. Piquet Jr. and his Turner Scott Motorsports team started the weekend by qualifying 22nd at the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile.” After losing a cylinder during the middle portion of the race, Piquet Jr. and the No. 30 WORX Yard Tools team were credited with a 24th-place finish.

 

Yard Tools…Piquet Jr. will again display the WORX Yard Tools colors on the No. 30 this weekend at AMS. Established in 1994, WORX Yard Tools USA, based in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the fastest growing companies serving the global power equipment market today. A diversified manufacturer and marketer of a complete range of electric-powered lawn and garden equipment and related products, WORX has over 4000 employees worldwide. The WORX line-up includes innovative grass trimmers, chainsaws, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, blowers and more. All WORX products are emission-free and feature intuitive functions, tool-less adjustments and best-of-industry ergonomics. You can find WORX yard tools at retailers such as Lowe’s, Walmart, Sears, Amazon.com and local lawn & garden dealers. More information is available on the company’s website, at www.WORX.com.

 

Come and See…Piquet Jr. will participate in a Q&A session at the Coca-Cola Fan Stage on Saturday, August 31 at 2:30 p.m.

 

Watch and Listen…The Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 can be seen live on Saturday, August 31 on ESPN2. Race coverage will begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The event can also be heard live on PRN Radio as well as SiriusXM Satellite Radio, channel 90.

 

Nelson Piquet Jr. on Atlanta Motor Speedway:

“I am looking forward to getting back on the track and racing under the lights again at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend.  Atlanta is a very fast, high banked mile and a half oval. I have had some success there in the truck series, so hopefully some that success can carry over to the Nationwide Series.  This will be the second weekend that Pat Tryson (new crew chief) and I are working together, so I am looking forward to our first practice on Friday evening.  I think if we can find the right set-up and have a good couple practice sessions, we can bring the WORX Yard Tools Chevy home with a good finish on Saturday night.”

 

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